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AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Sept. 26 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet I @t l @Wouw wl Tr N E55 J WL Aug. 7, 1923. 1.464.201

A. FRIEDRICH AMUSMENT DEVICE Filed Sept. 26, 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 lll Aug. 7, 1923. 1,464.201

A. FRIEDRICH AMUSEMENT DEVI GE Filed Sept. 26, 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 WELS- l Clt-17014403 WITTNESS Aug. 7, 1923. 1,461,201

A. FRIEDRICH AMUSEMENT DEVI CE Filed sept. 2e. 1921' s sheets-sheet 5 Patented Aug. 7, 1923.

UNITED STATES 1,464,201 PATENTA OFFICE.

ADOLPH FRIEDRICH, OF NEW YORK, 4Isl'. Y.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed September 26, 1921. Serial No. 503,239.

cal conibinations involved, but also novel in its outward aspect as well. To this end 1 have utilized the legend oi Jack and the bean stalk and provided a mechanical figure representing .lack in the act of ascending a bean stalkto escape .a giant who is. lying with open mouth-prone at its base.

'lvlydevice may be used singly or several devices, alike in structure and design, may

be' arranged side by side.

i ln the use of my device l so arrange the mechanism that by rolling a ball into the giants mouth` `.lack will be made to ascend the been stalk byintermittent stages, one stage or jump each time a ballV goes into the giants mouth. It a ball tails to enter .the

mouth, Jack does not move.

lilith the .elements oit. the device coordinated suggested, various and numerous modes of operation'may be employed. For

instance as a game ot contest, each playerkr will roll the number oi' balls necessary to get .lack to .safety at the top of the bean stalk. and the,L one employing the fewest balls wins. Ory when several devices are arranged together, each player will have his ovvn device and all will start to roll at the same time and the one getting .lack to the top ot the bean stalk first will win. `In the one case the number of balls employed is the determining factor, while in the other case the time elementV is controlling.V

l have also provided tor using any one or more of the devices as a game Vin which a score is indicatedand to do this l have arranged aremovable indicator which may be attached to or removed from the` beanstalk and when attached thereto will indicate the several positions .lack assumes during his climb. l

To carry out the Aspirit ot the legend more completely the giant is made to move his head and eyes each time .lack reaches a new height.

With the principles. and general plan stated. the detailsof mechanical construction whereby the purposes of the invention are accomplished, also various novel combinations of parts -and mechanisms, together"- with other features and advantages of the invention, will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which.-

Fig. 1 is a Jiront elevational view of my device showing the base in section;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View;

fig. 'oit Fig. 2;

Fig. d is a part sectional, part elevational view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 ;k

Fig. 5 is a view taken on the line `5---5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a ragmentarydetail of the mov-` able-'tooth of the actuating ratchet wheel `looking in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 7, -which latter figure is an elevation of the fragment in'Figs as viewed from below;

Fig. 8 is a detail of ing a beanstalk;

Fig. 9 is a side view of the tappets which the element representare used to give movement to the feet and legs 'of Jack;

Fig. 10 is a section `on the line 10-10 of Fig.-1; i l

Fig. 11 is adetail of the mechanism for moving the giants eyes;

Fig. 12 is a detail of the arrangement for returning the balls; l

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 8, but with the detachable scoreindicator in place; and

Fig. 14 is a wiring diagram.

Referring to the dra-wings, a base member 1 oi suitable width and length is provided with a runway 2 along which a number of balls may be rolled. The base 1 has its sides balls from rolling olf as indicated in Fig.

r1. At the rear of the runway is af representation` of a giants head formed prefer- '3 is a section taken onthe line 3--3 y ablji7 of easily molded material properly supported by` a framework and pivoted to tb` base member at 3. The base member is also provided with a guide portion 4, Fig. 2, which directs the ball after it enters the mouth so that it follows a path to make contact at 5 with spring fingers which act to" close an electric. circuit to actuate the mechanism to cause Jack to ascendthe bean stalk, the detail of which mechanism will be later described. follows the path indiy as desired. Any balls which `fail to enter the giants mouth may follow a path such as indicated by the balls 6 and 7 in Fig. o,

these balls also dropping into the bottom of the base member toA be diverte-d as desired.

Suitably secured to the base member is an upright member 8 having tappets 9 and l() on its face `as indicated in 1, 8 and 13, saidmember. being of suitable width `and slotted about midway thereof. This member is made to represent a portion of a beanstalk, theefiieot. being `that it rises from the rear ot the giants head as. though the giant were reclining against-it. At the top the member 8, has .projecting rearwardlyT therefrom an var'm.11 which carries a journal 12 for a-pullefy 13 over which passes a 'sprocket chain 14. The base member carries a journal 1.5 rigidly )supported therein and on which is a sprocket wheel 16 having teeth atsuitable distances to engage the sprocket chain. The journal 15 also carries a Apinion 17 wiuhfwhieh engages atoothed wheel 18 secured to a shailit 19, to which also secured ein actuating ratchet wheel having,y fixed teeth 21YV and a single `pivoted tooth '22, Figs. 4, (i, and 7, the lined teeth and the Vsingle movable tooth numbering),r together eight teeth.` '.[lhe number ot teeth in the gear 1S and pinion 17 is such #that one-eighth inovemen'tvot ratchet wheel A20 will cause the sprocket wheel 1 6 to vmove `a distance `between two of its teeth and movethe sprocket chain accordingly.

The sprocket chain is adapted to move adjacent the-inside of the slot in the member 8, representing the Al-ieanstallt, and projecting loutwardly through this .slot are lingers supporting the body ot: Jack. who is represented by the -numeral 2.3. Each oit 'these fingers is formed ot wire'slbetnt. as at 2de, and shown most clearly in Figa-10. The figure representing Jack includes arms individually pivoted-at25 andlegs rpivoted fat 261cm d 27 -and `both the teet and hands .are adapted 4to engage the alternate tappe'ts 9 and 19 ot' themember 8 Iasflacl moves up, givin;r the effect ot' climbing. the ylekcgsof lack being 'normally 4raisedl to the position oit `the "upper-leg sho-Wn in 9. Jack moves upwardly trom the position shown in Fig. 9,*to thepositi'on shown in Fig. 2, the tappet '10., Fig. 9. willengage the top et ythe vfoot -and ftile p1essthe flef:` against the tension "of va springQS, 2, until `lack reaches themosition there depicted when the toot vwill slip-oit of thegtafppet and again rise toithe position shown to have been assumed `by one tot `the lensrin f'Fig. 9.V uSimilar move- -menteofthe arms will also take place.

` The Iitchetlwheel 2() is adapted `to be actuated by'ineans ot a weighted pawl S0 pivoted at 31 to a link 32 which in turn is pivotcd at 33 to the end of the armature 34 ot a solenoid 35. The link 32 has also pivoted to it at 31 a lever 36 which in turn is pivoted on the shaft 19. Normally Jack is in the posit-ion shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 9 near the base of the beanstalk, and movable tooth 22 is positioned as shown in Fig. 4

Vwith the Weighted pawl 30 ready to engage it when the solenoid Ais energized, the tooth 22 being also Weighted so that it normally assumes the position shown in this gure.

,The circuit from the solenoid 35 is normally open at the contacts 5 beyond the opening of the giants mouth, `as shown in Fig. '2, and when any ball enters the mou-th it closes said contacts thereby causing.;r energization of the magnet 35 and a consequent movement of Jack up the beanstalk. If it be'assumed that `three balls, for instance, are sulicient to enable Jack to .reach the top ot the rbeanstalk, it will then be desirable to return him to normal position. This is accomplished ,by providing;r a manual switch for closing the circuit through the solenoid 35 .to causeJack to `move down behind the beanstalk @around the sprocket Wheel 16 'and back to normal position atV the `base ofthe beans'talk. For this purpose it will be noted that in Fig. 2 the bottom of the base member is apertured at 37. When, however, Jack` has reached normal position, `it is desirable that no further movement rtakeY place except through the medium of` a ball rolled into the giants mouth, and to insure that he shall `not be moved beyond normal posi v tion, means'are provided for rendering the actuating means ineffective to .move Jack Atrufther undercontrol of the manual switch. To `this end a magnet 38 is provided and the ratchet wheel 20 is provided with a contact member 39, Fig. 1. which bridges terminals 40 and 41 conveniently supported at in Fig. 6, wherein lit is out of the path of the pawl 30, so that any rurther movement ot' the pawl due to energization of the solenoid will lhave no effect to move Jack from his position at thebase yof Vthe beanstalk.

In order to give the proper effect. it is contemplated that thegiant.s head shallalso move simultaneously with .lack up the bean stalk and to accomplish this. the Ibead is pivotcd as described at the point 3 and at the rear portion of the framing supporting the head, as at 44, Fig. 4, is connected the core 45 of' a solenoid 46, which is connected in the same circuit including the contacts so that whenever the solenoid is energized to inove Jack, the solenoid 46 is also energized to move the giants head, this movement being a slight rocking movement. Simultaneously with this movement the eyes of the giant are made tomove, this being accomplished by the mechanism shown in Figs. 2 and 1l. The eyes are support d by a wire having a central portion 4S and ottset end portionsf49 which pass through each eye 50 forming the pivot upon which the eyes may-move. the end portions 49 being supported. by portion 51 formed integral with or attached to the giants head and necessarily movingwith the same when the solenoid A46 is energized to rock the head. A link'52 connects the main portion ot' the wire 48 with the stationary guide 4 so that as the head moves about the pivot 3 the effect isa pullon the rod 52 which has the effect of rotating the eyes and givingthe effect of Y looking upwardly towards J ack as he climbs the bean stalk.

As suggested in the earlier part of the description, the device or devices ot the invention may be used in various ways, and one way suggested is that of a contestdevice in which a score is indicated. Vhen, however, it is not desired to indicate a score the scoring device is made removable. This device -is in the form ot a4 scale 53, Fig. 13,

'adapted `to be fastened to the member 8 by thumb nuts 54 and provided with numerals 0, 1, 2 and 3.

The operation of my device either used singly or in combination with a number of' other similar devices will be more readily understood by a consideration of Fig. 14 showing the way the circuits are arranged. In this igure the wires 55 and 56 are the main lead'wires to which current maybe supplied from any suitable source indicated at 57, the line switch 58 being normally closed. `Wheu a ball is rolled into the giants mouth the contacts 5 are closed, the circuit then flowing from the wire 55, to the point .'59, wire 60, to'contacts 5, to wire 61, to

solenoid 35, to solenoid 46, to wire 62, back to the point 63 at the other side of the line. The ratchet wheel will thus be moved one step each time the circuit is closed at 5 and the giants head will be rocked, these operations beingr controlled by the solenoids 35 and 46 respectively.

The circuit above traced is for the device represented by A. If a second device B is provided the solenoids 35 and 46 are counected` in parallel, the current flowing from the point 64 of wire 55 along wire 65, to contacts 5, wire 66, to solenoid 35 and thence to solenoid 46 and through wire 67 to the other side of the line at 66. Similarly the solenoids 35 and 46 of' a third device C are energized. Vhen, however, Jack has reached the top of the bean stalk by reason of the fact that at least three balls have entered the'giants mouth and made contacts at the terminals 5, and it is desired to return Jack to normal position, the manually operable switch is actuated. This switch is controlled by arod 71 bent as shown in Fig. 14, said rod controlling a second switch 72. When the rod 71 is moved inwardly, the switch 72 is first closed andV a moment later the switch 70. Closing of the switch 70 permits current to flow from the wire 55, through the switch 70, to the wire 74, wire 75, to the points 76, 77 and T8 and through thesolenoids 35 and 46 and through wires 79, G'Tand 62 back to the other side of the line. By moving the rod.71 back and forth a succession of times, the solenoids 35 act to move Jack around to normal position and when normal position is reached, it'is desired that further closing of' the switch 70 will 'have' no effect. It will be remembered that when Jack reaches normal position the ratchet Vwheel 2O is in such a position that its contact 39'bridges the contacts 40 vand 41. These contacts are shown in Fig. 14 as be` ing connected each to a wire .8() terminating at the point 81 sothat when the switch 72 is closed the magnet 38V will be energized in each device only when the ratchet wheel 2O of that device reaches normal posi-` tion and when the magnet 38 is so actuated the movable tooth-22 ot :the ratchet wheel is pulled in so that further movements of the pawl 30 are ineffective to cause any movement of the ratchet wheel. 4Just as soon. however, as the switch 72 is opened the tooth 20 drops by the weight of its connected armature to normal posit-ion ready to be actuated by the pawl 30. By reason ofthe tact that the contact 72 is closed before contact 70 any movement ofv the rod 71 after Jack reaches normal position will result in the contact 72 being iirstclosed and consequently the tooth 22 will be withdrawn from normal position prior to the closing of the switch 70 and therefore prior Vto the supplying of current to the solenoid 35. As soon, however, as a ball is rolled into the giantsmouth, the contact piece 39 moves away from the contacts 40 and 41 opening the circuit through the 'magnet 38 ,at this point so that thereafter closingof the switch 72 will have no effect on fthe magnet 3S until the ratchet wheel 20 again reaches normal position. The magnetsl 38 are each connected to a wire 82 to carry the current from the switch 7 2 to the other side of the line.

In some vcases it may be desired to give a signal that Jack has reached the top of Jack-and-tl1ebeanstalk, in combination,

the bean stalk and for this purpose contacts 83 are shown, these contacts acting to close a circuit which controls a signal device 84 of any suitable character.

lVhile I have shown my invention as most conveniently embodied .in figures representing Jack, the beanstalk andthe `giant, it will be understood that variations' may be resorted to within the scope of the invention without departing,m from the spirit thereof. l i

What `I elaim'as new is:

l. An amusement device, repre-s ligure representingvlack, a representation ol a bean stalk. a representation of a giants head with open mouth, .and-means situated beyond thepmouth; and adapted to be actin ated by a ball, rolled into `the mouth, to cause Jack to ascend the bean stalk.

, 2. An amusement device, representing Jack-and-thesbean--stalk, in combination, a figure representing Jack, a represen-tati a bean stalk, a representation of a L, head with open mouth, and means situated beyond the mouth ,and adapted to be actuated by a ballrolled into the vmouth to cause Jack to intermittently ascend the bean stalk as successive balls are rolled `into the mouth.

3. An amusement device, representing Jackand-the-beanstalk, in combination, a figure representingr Jack, a representation of Valbean stalk, a representational" a giants head with open mouth, `and means situated `bevond thegmouath and adapted to be'aetuated by a lia-ll rolled into themouth to cause Jack to ascend tbelfbean stalk and the giant toroll his eyes.

4. An amusement device, representing Jack-and-thefbeanfstailk, in con'ibination, a figure representing Jack.; a representation of a `bean sta'lk. meansactuated by `a ball to .cause J ack to ascend the `bean stalk by intermittent movement until he reaches the top thereof, said intermittent movement taking place each time a :ball follows a particular path, and means actuated at will to return Jack to the startingr point `at the base ot the beanstalk. p

v5. AnV amusement device representing leckendfthe-bean-stalk` in combination, a figure representing Jack. a representation of a'bean stalk, means actuated by a ball 'to 4cause VTack to ascend the bean stalkby intermittent movement, until he reaches the ton thereof, said ,intermittent `movement takingr place each time a ball follows a particular path.means aetuated at will `to return Jack to `initial positionand. for then rendering `the `actuating means y ineffective.

f6. An `amusement device representingk AJackal;d-thebeiin-stalk, in combination, a

figure representing Jack, a representation of a bean stalk, means actuated by a ball to cause J ack to ascend the bean stalk by intermittent movement, until he reaches the top thereof, said intermittent movement taking place each time a ball follows a particular path, manually controlled means jfor returning J ack to initial position, and means 'for rendering the actuating means ineffective to move Jack bythe manually controlled means while permitting Vthe actuatingr means to function under control of a ball. Y

7. An amusement device representing Jackand-the-bean-stalk, in combination, a

figure representine,r Jack, a representation of a bean stalk, means to move Jack intermitf l .tently, including a ratchet wheel having xed teeth and a pivoted tooth, a pawl A`for actuating the ratchet wheel, andmeans vfor withdrawing the pivoted tooth from lthe path of ,the `navvl Vwhen J ack reaches a predetermined position in respect of the bean stalk.

` y l y, 4 representing Jackand-the-bean-stalk, 1n combination, a figure representing Jack, a representationof 8. An amusement device a bean sta-lk, means to move Jack intermittently, lincluding a ratchet wheel having fixed teeth and a pivoted tooth, a pavvl for actuating the ratchet wheel, a solenoid for moving said ball, and a circuit for said solenoid adapted to ,be closed by a ball followingl particular path. Y Y

9. An amusement device representing Jackfand-thebean-stalk, in combination, a ligure representing Jack, arepresentation of a `bean stalk, aV ,representation of a Vlgfiantfs head .with open mouth, means actuated by a ball rolled into the giants mouth to cause vlack to' ascendthe beanstalk one step at a time, said means includingA a ratchet wheel, `a paw] for said Jratchet wheeha solenoid vfor moving said `pa-Wlfand a circuit for said lsolenoid havingpontacts situated beyond the mouth opening to be ,closed` bya ball enter- 'ingr ,the mouth.

.September 1921.

anoLrH ERIEDRIGH. 

